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Title: Need help with Lightguns in MAME
Post by: Uncle Monkey on March 13, 2009, 07:00:25 pm

I have two EMS Topgun IIs which work fine as mice in windows, and in Nestopia and SNES9x, but I can't figure out how to get either of them or my normal mouse to work in MAME. The game I was going to test with is Area 51. The version of MAME that I am using is .130 downloaded from the MAME website. Being able to use these guns for arcade shooters is a crucial part of my BYOAC experience, please help.......

Title: Re: Need help with Lightguns in MAME
Post by: dkubarek on March 14, 2009, 12:25:33 am

I couldn't even get Area 51 to work. Brings up a message saying "unsupported. don't even bother" Did you get that or do you mean the guns won't work?

Title: Re: Need help with Lightguns in MAME
Post by: brock.sampson on March 14, 2009, 12:42:06 am

Post your mame.ini file you probably just have a few incorrect settings.  Specifically the CORE INPUT OPTIONS and CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS sections.

Title: Re: Need help with Lightguns in MAME
Post by: Uncle Monkey on March 14, 2009, 01:35:09 am

I went ahead and downloaded mameui, and that allowed me to turn on light guns. After setting the x and y axis' though, I had to edit the config file for Area 51. For some reason both guns came up with gun 1 x and y as well as 2 or 3. Once that was done, it's all gravy.